Masque facial anthropomorphe "kpan"

Description

wood, base

“Goli” mask dances were performed at funerals of important persons and in times of danger, and more recently purely for entertainment.

Four male/female pairs of masks, painted red and black, appear in a strictly defined order.

The masks “kpan” (= “the senior woman”) appear as the last pair of masks towards the end of the “goli” mask festival. They embody the wife/s of “goli glin” (= “the older man”).